CN1679306B - Flexible cover for a mobile telephone - Google Patents

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CN1679306B
CN1679306B CN03820045.7A CN03820045A CN1679306B CN 1679306 B CN1679306 B CN 1679306B CN 03820045 A CN03820045 A CN 03820045A CN 1679306 B CN1679306 B CN 1679306B
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西蒙·威尔逊
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0279—Improving the user comfort or ergonomics
    • H04M1/0283—Improving the user comfort or ergonomics for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0249—Details of the mechanical connection between the housing parts or relating to the method of assembly

Abstract

A mobile telephone comprising : an engine assembly comprising a display and a plurality of switches; and a flexible cover overlying, without an intermediate rigid cover, and snugly fitting the engine assembly and comprising an aperture aligned with the display and an integrated keypad, for user input, aligned with the plurality of switches.

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The flexible shell of mobile phone
Technical field
The hand-held portable devices that the present invention relates to the housing of hand-held portable devices and have this housing.The invention particularly relates to housing that is used for mobile phone and mobile phone with housing.
Background technology
In the mobile phone industry a kind of trend is arranged, let the user can change the outward appearance of their phone.A kind of method that changes the phone outward appearance is the outside that the bag shape housing of leather system is installed in phone.These external shell protection outer plastic housings are not damaged, and allow the outward appearance of phone is carried out some changes, and still, they have increased the volume and weight of phone significantly.The another kind of method that changes the phone outward appearance is as described in the US6347218, to the user removable hard plastic cover to be provided.It is very welcome that removable housing is proved to be, and phone is just becoming a kind of fashion accessories that carried and show by the user now.
Fig. 1 a has shown the example of the phone 2 that comprises a cartridge assemblies 10 in the prior art, and this cartridge assemblies 10 is by detachable rigid plastic front cover 4 and 8 encirclements of detachable rigid plastic back cover.Releasable keypad 6 is positioned on the switch 14 (key shape projection) of cartridge assemblies 10, and the assembling phone 2 in by rigid plastic front cover 4 fixed positions.In Fig. 2, schematically illustrate the assembly of phone 2 of the prior art, and specified cartridge assemblies.Shown in arrow A, cartridge assemblies 10 and keypad 6 physical connections.Cartridge assemblies 10 comprise a plurality of keyboard switches 14 of being electrically connected to processor 20, at least be electrically connected to processor 20 with battery 30, the SIM 28 that is electrically connected to processor 20, the display 12 that is electrically connected to processor 20, the memory 26 that is electrically connected to processor 20 that electric energy are sent to other circuit, be electrically connected to processor 20 and radio transceiver circuitry 24 that is used for communicating and the audio-frequency unit 22 that is electrically connected to processor 20 at cellular communications network.Audio-frequency unit 22 provides the signal of telecommunication to loud speaker 16, and receives the signal of telecommunication from microphone 18.It is well known to a person skilled in the art that these parts interact to carry out work as cellular mobile telephone; In addition; They can be appreciated that; Although as in the example herewith, the cartridge assemblies 10 that meets GSM has SIM 28, SIM 28 maybe not can appear at the cartridge assemblies that is used for other cellular standards.
Fig. 1 b has shown a kind of replacement design of the housing of phone 2.In this example, rigid plastic back cover 8 permanently is attached on the cartridge assemblies 10, and can not remove.Rigid plastic front cover 4 is detachable, and when assembling phone 2, releasable keypad 6 is between rigid plastic front cover 4 and cartridge assemblies 10.
Hard plastic cover 4 and 8 is three-dimensional, and to phone a kind of discernible shape is provided.In addition, they can protect cartridge assemblies 10 not to be damaged, and prevent into water, and they can be processed through injection-mould casting simply.Owing to these reasons, hard shell body particularly plastic casing is used to surround cartridge assemblies 10 usually.
Summary of the invention
The inventor has recognized that needed is to have wider fashion phone.Especially, the inventor has recognized that needed is to allow the user when changing the outward appearance of their phone, to have more selection.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of mobile phone is provided, has comprised: cartridge assemblies comprises display and a plurality of switch; And flexible shell; Need not in the middle of hard shell body promptly cover and submissive the cartridge assemblies that is matched with; And this housing comprises the integrated keypad that aligns with a plurality of switches that is used for user's input, and wherein this flexible shell comprises flexible liners and is attached at least one leather or the fabric portions on this lining.
Flexible shell can be three-dimensional, and is used to limit the outward appearance and/or the shape of phone.Therefore, embodiments of the invention provide wider fashion phone, and are not limited to the size or the weight of phone.Embodiments of the invention have overcome the existing prejudice of preference use hard plastic cover in the art.Because flexible shell can change shape in response to user's touch, do not offer the better sense of touch of user so do not use hard plastic shell to know from experience.
Flexible shell can be processed by fabric, leather, elastomeric material or other any flexible material enough durable and the attraction user.Cartridge assemblies and flexible shell can have corresponding ledge and holding portion, so that flexible shell correctly aligns with cartridge assemblies in the mobile phone of assembling.Flexible shell portion surface within it can have lining, to improve its waterproof and/or damping performance.This material can be an elastomeric material.
In addition, the inventor has recognized the similar part between training/running shoe industry and the mobile phone industry.Trainer is bought by real sportsman at first, but they are the fashion accessories of approval now, and their fashion outward appearance is very important.Similarly, the inventor has recognized mobile phone at first by businessman's purchase, but they begin to become fashion accessories now.The inventor has recognized that this trend can continue for mobile phone.According to one embodiment of present invention, the flexible shell foundation is processed with the technological identical technology of in the industry of training/running shoe, using.Therefore, flexible shell possibly look similar training/running shoe.
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In order to understand the present invention better, will be only with way of example with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b have explained the removable plastic casing of the user of mobile phone in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the schematic illustration of prior art phone;
Fig. 3 has explained a kind of embodiment of flexible shell;
What Fig. 4 had explained flexible shell among Fig. 3 cuts part;
Fig. 5 has explained the mobile phone that comprises cartridge assemblies and flexible shell;
Fig. 6 is the sketch map that comprises the mobile phone of cartridge assemblies and flexible shell; And
Fig. 7 a and Fig. 7 b have explained with the mode that is similar to sport footwear and have constructed flexible shell.
Embodiment
Fig. 3 has explained flexible shell 40, and its size is made on the cartridge assemblies 10 that can be installed to mobile phone submissively.Cartridge assemblies 10 consists essentially of all telephone circuits.Flexible shell 40 is formed by flexible material, and this flexible material is shaped as and limits an internal cavity 44.
The insertion opening 46 that penetrates flexible shell 40 materials provides the method that gets into internal cavity 44.Inserting opening 46 is used for cartridge assemblies is inserted in the internal cavity 44.Flexible shell 40 has the display aperture 42 that penetrates flexible shell 40 materials.When cartridge assemblies was inserted in the cavity 44 of flexible shell 40 fully, as shown in Figure 5, the display 12 of cartridge assemblies 10 was visible through display aperture 42.Flexible shell 40 has and penetrates case material one or more speaker openings 52 to internal cavity 44.When cartridge assemblies 10 was inserted in the cavity 44 of flexible shell 40 fully, as shown in Figure 5, speaker openings 52 was with loud speaker 16 alignment of cartridge assemblies 10.Flexible shell 40 has and penetrates the microphone aperture 54 of flexible shell 40 materials to cavity 44.When cartridge assemblies 10 was inserted in the cavity 44 of flexible shell 40 fully, the microphone aperture 54 of flexible shell 40 was alignd with the microphone 18 of cartridge assemblies 10.
Flexible shell 40 has a plurality of button parts that have mark on it.These a plurality of buttons have partly formed the keypad that is integrated in flexible shell 40 materials.Keypad comprises three row four lines arrays 48 of independent button part, and the button part is corresponding to 3 * 4 common array buttons that are used for the data input on the mobile phone separately.This keypad also comprises a plurality of button parts 50 between button partial array 48 and display aperture 42.These button parts are corresponding to the function key and/or the soft-key button that in mobile phone, can find usually.In each button part on the keypad and the keyboard switch 14 of cartridge assemblies 10 at least one is associated.Therefore, when cartridge assemblies 10 was inserted in the cavity 44 of flexible shell 40 fully, each button part of flexible shell 40 directly covered at least one keyboard switch 14 of cartridge assemblies 10.Therefore, if the user presses a button part of flexible shell 40, a keyboard switch 14 on its starter motor core assembly 10 then.
Flexible shell 40 is made into and can very closely and be installed on the cartridge assemblies 10 submissively dimensionally with on the space, and is that cartridge assemblies 10 forms ornamental shells.Therefore, but flexible shell 40 analogies become " skin ".More preferably, flexible shell 40 has with the direct of cartridge assemblies 10 and contacts.Plastic casing can be between fabric housing 40 and cartridge assemblies 10.
Flexible shell 40 can be processed by plastic elastomeric material, fabric or embossing leather.Flexible shell 40 can have sew on, zip, snap fastener or velcro.More preferably, flexible shell 40 is designed to after cartridge assemblies 10 has been inserted in the cavity 44 fully, can seal and inserts opening 46.The sealing of inserting opening 46 can be realized by ligature (as such in the footwear), zip, snap fastener or the velcro of bondage.
Flexible shell 40 can be processed by a slice fabric or leather.Alternatively, it can be to construct with mode like the sport footwear, and for example polyurethane prints logo and mark on the surface of flexible shell 40.Fig. 7 a and Fig. 7 b are clear in more detail to construct flexible shell with mode like the sport footwear.
With reference to figure 7a, flexible shell 40 described in conjunction with Figure 3 has layered fabric attached to it (perhaps leather) part 70 and 72, so that form sporting shoes type housing 40 '.Flexible shell 40 is as the lining of fabric (or leather) part.Rear fabric (or leather) part 72 is attached to the back side of flexible shell 40.In this embodiment, it has the wings 72a that extends around the side of flexible shell 40.One among these wings 72a is extended on the microphone aperture 54 of flexible shell 40.When rear fabric (or leather) part 72 is attached to 40 last times of flexible shell, it has the opening 74 that aligns with microphone aperture 54.Bilateral fabric (or leather) part 70 is attached to the side of flexible shell 40.Usually shown in the reference number among Fig. 7 b 76, these lateral parts 70 can be overlapping with back portion 72.In this example, one in the lateral parts 70 has indicator gate attached to it 71, and this indicator gate 71 is located on the display aperture 42 of flexible shell 40.Before part 70,72 is attached on the flexible shell 40 with the aesthetic appearance that changes them, part 70,72 can have application above that design and/or sew on 75.Fabric or leather part 70,72 can binding be attached on the flexible shell 40 of elastomeric material through sewing up perhaps.The shoe pattern flexible shell 40 ' that in Fig. 7 b, has shown assembling.Add the part 70,72 (comprising lateral parts 70 and back portion 72) and the display 71 of flexible elastic material housing 40 in the drawings to shadow representation.In this example, the part 78 of following flexible shell 40 comes out in the fabric portions that adheres to 70, gap between 72.
Fig. 4 explained flexible shell 40 illustrated in fig. 3 an embodiment cut part.The relation of Fig. 4 and Fig. 3 can partly be understood the top that flexible shell 40 (passes its degree of depth) and cut in half and overturn flexible shell 40 along its length through imagination.Therefore, Fig. 4 has explained the inside of the cavity 44 of flexible shell 40.Elastomeric sheet 64 permanently is attached to the inside of flexible shell 40 in the zone corresponding to the button part.Elastomeric sheet 64 is linings of a die casting, and has a plurality of elastomeric material ledges 62.Have a ledge 62 and each button part correlation at least.Cartridge assemblies 10 has a plurality of corresponding holding portions (in Fig. 1 b, representing) in the surface above that.When cartridge assemblies 10 was inserted in the flexible shell 40 fully, each elastomeric material ledge 62 was contained in one of corresponding holding portion of cartridge assemblies 10.Each holding portion of cartridge assemblies 10 is positioned at keyboard switch 14 places.Therefore, when cartridge assemblies 10 was inserted in the flexible shell 40 fully, the elastomeric material ledge was accommodated in the holding portion, and alignd with keyboard switch 14.This has guaranteed that it can start a keyboard switch 14 when pushing button part in the phone 2 of assembling.In holding portion, hold ledge 62 and make that also display aperture 42 is alignd with display 12, speaker openings 52 is alignd with loud speaker 16 and microphone aperture 54 is alignd with microphone 18.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, elastomeric sheet 64 can be whole inner extension of flexible shell 40.This provides extra buffer layer for the exterior material of flexible shell 40, and extra water proofing property is provided.In certain embodiments, elastomeric sheet 64 can show that extension is to improve water proofing property on the opening 42.
The user can change flexible shell 40.For example, a flexible shell 40 can exchange to change the outward appearance of phone with the another one flexible shell.
Although invention has been described with reference to special case in the paragraph in front, should be noted that, can carry out various modifications and distortion to it, and not break away from the scope of the present invention of requirement protection.
When focusing on as possible in the specification in front that those think the characteristic of the present invention of particular importance; Be to be understood that; The applicant require to protect about quote more than any and/or scheme shown in the characteristic that can patent or characteristics combination, no matter and whether with it as special emphasis.

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1. mobile phone comprises:
Cartridge assemblies comprises the circuit that comprises display and a plurality of switches; And
Flexible shell, need not in the middle of hard shell body promptly cover at least a portion of said circuit and submissive be matched with said cartridge assemblies, and said housing comprises and is used for the integrated keypad that aligns with said a plurality of switches that the user imports,
Wherein said flexible shell comprises flexible liners and is attached at least one leather or the fabric portions on the said lining.
2. mobile phone as claimed in claim 1; Wherein said flexible shell is processed by the material of flexibility; It defines a cavity that is used to hold said cartridge assemblies; And have and penetrate the insertion opening that said material arrives said cavity, said cartridge assemblies can be installed through said insertion opening.
3. mobile phone as claimed in claim 2 also comprises the device that is used for after said cartridge assemblies has been inserted, sealing or limiting said insertion opening.
4. the mobile phone described in the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell comprises the opening that aligns with said display.
5. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, comprise a plurality ofly being attached to said lining and/or being attached to fabric over each other or leather part.
6. mobile phone as claimed in claim 5, a part of overlaid of wherein said a plurality of leathers or fabric portions.
7. like the mobile phone in the claim 6, wherein the part of following said lining comes out.
8. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front; Wherein said integrated keypad has a plurality of button parts on the outer surface of said flexible shell; And on the inner surface of said flexible shell, have a plurality of corresponding ledges, each said ledge is set to start in said a plurality of switches of said cartridge assemblies.
9. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell and said cartridge assemblies have and are used for corresponding ledge and holding portion that said flexible shell and said cartridge assemblies are correctly alignd.
10. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell is processed by fabric, elastic deformable material or leather.
11. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell is formed by one piece material in fact.
12. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell is processed according to the technology of in the sport footwear manufacturing, using in fact.
13. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell has near the elasticity of said cartridge assemblies and the lining of waterproof.
14. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell has the elastomeric material lining near the die casting of said cartridge assemblies.
15. like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front, wherein said flexible shell is that the user is removable.
16. flexible shell that the user who is used for like the described mobile phone of the arbitrary claim in front can change.
17. a mobile phone comprises:
Cartridge assemblies comprises the circuit that comprises a display and a plurality of switches; And
Leather/fabric housing, need not in the middle of hard shell body promptly cover at least a portion of said circuit and submissive be matched with said cartridge assemblies, and said housing comprises and is used for the integrated keypad that aligns with said a plurality of switches that the user imports,
Wherein said housing comprises flexible liners and is attached at least one leather or the fabric portions on the said lining.
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